Heya this is my first attempt at cleaning!. Don't Mind the SFX at the first panel, I didnt bother removing or redrawing w/e its called(still learning) as I dont have the SFX translated...anyhow..comments/advice please Thanks!

I don't know how you did it, but I can still see the text in the bubbles. Probably the brush settings are to blame for it. Apart from that theres a lot of dust that still need to be removed. For a first clean I'd say it's ok. You should try pages that have grays next. But before that you still have to perfect the part of cleaning up the dusts manually with a brush. Do that, then move on to grays and borders and finally redrawing. Be patient, cause if it's taking a long to clean a page, it means you are doing it right ;)

hatsuharupeace

March 10, 2009, 04:31 AM

Looks like you overlevelled, the blacks look too dark. Be careful with levelling the blacks; it's a noob mistake, and which you'll have to fix. Try the page again, but this time, don't level the blacks as much. ^^

VASSiLi

March 11, 2009, 07:46 AM

Mh, I can't see your clean. Please upload it again ^^

Zyki

March 11, 2009, 02:47 PM

Yeah my brush settings were wrong :S , and okay ill reupload it
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Updated my first/main post at the top with a link to my uploaded imageshack gallery with a new raw i cleaned

keruchan

March 11, 2009, 08:59 PM

don't use brush tool to clean the bubble text, use masking instead.

check out my site I have on recently.
http://www.chibidesign.com/photoshop-advance/81-how-to-clean-up-manga-scans-quick-and-advance-way.html

tradedaemon

March 12, 2009, 10:49 AM

don't use brush tool to clean the bubble text, use masking instead.

Brush tool is perfectly fine, long as you have the hardness set to 100%. Just generally best to not mark the scans and instead put it in a new layer.

Yeah my brush settings were wrong :S , and okay ill reupload it
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Updated my first/main post at the top with a link to my uploaded imageshack gallery with a new raw i cleaned

If the bloodycross one is your new try, you still have some large dirt in upper portion of the page in the blacks. Smudging's visible in a couple places too.

Zyki

March 12, 2009, 02:45 PM

oh yeah,after i saw the dirt at the top bit i cleaned it right away. forgot to update the post..smudging..from the effect of denoising?

tradedaemon

March 12, 2009, 02:50 PM

Possible or if you used the blur tool. I'm talking about around the pants.

Zyki

March 12, 2009, 03:19 PM

yeah I thought so too about it , wasn't sure How I could reduce the smudging effect though..any ideas? Or should I just soften my denoise settings a tiny bit?

tradedaemon

March 12, 2009, 04:41 PM

I don't use denoise that much, so couldn't tell ya. Usually people don't use it and just do everything by hand if they're going for hq.

wade69

March 12, 2009, 10:25 PM

Use a raw other than naurto and use one with grays to practice with.

Zyki

March 14, 2009, 07:18 PM

I'm practicing on Bloody Cross at the moment. Thanks again. Will post a new thread on updated cleans.